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enPolice Blotterhttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/12/05/police-blotter
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Man reportedly threatens life of hospital worker</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police took a report of a threat that had been made towards a staff member at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center at approximately 6:25 a.m. Tuesday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were told that an estranged husband identified as Arturo Sanchez-Medellin, 30, of Storm Lake, allegedly made contact with the victim at the medical center where she works and an argument ensued. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">During the argument Sanchez-Medellin threatened to kill the woman. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He then departed from the medical center.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located and arrested Sanchez-Medellin on the campus of Buena Vista University where he is a student and charged him with first-degree harassment and domestic assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked into the county jail and held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">There were no injuries.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man arrested</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police responded to the campus of Buena Vista University in reference to locating a wanted person on Tuesday at 2:51 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Upon arrival, police made contact with and arrested Ayaka Matsumura, 22, of Japan, on a warrant charging Matsumura with gathering where controlled substances are used.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The charges stem from an incident on Nov. 19, where marijuana and drug paraphernalia were seized on campus during an investigation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Matsumura was booked into the county jail on a $1,000 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man charged with domestic assault</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to the Buena Vista County Attorney’s Office to meet with a citizen who wished to report a domestic assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Upon arrival of police, they met with the reporting party who said that on Dec. 1 at 9 p.m., her boyfriend allegedly assaulted her at her residence on West Seventh Street after repeatedly telling him to leave the house and him refusing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The suspect was identified as Fidel De Lao-Rivas, 48, of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">At 5 p.m. on Tuesday police located and arrested Lao-Rivas at 601A West Eighth St. where he was arrested without incident. Police charged Lao-Rivas with domestic assault and criminal trespass.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked into the county jail and was held without bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted woman surrenders</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested a wanted person after she surrendered herself at the police station on Wednesday at 8:25 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Delta Gulley, 40, of Early, who was wanted on the charge of fifth-degree theft.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Gulley was booked into the county jail and released after posting a $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man arrested</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police responded to 120 Highway St. #11 in reference to locating a wanted person on Wednesday at 11:05 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located and arrested Frankie Cords, 27, of Storm Lake, who was wanted out of Buena Vista County on the charge of violation of probation reference possession of a controlled substance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Cords was booked into the county jail on a $500 bond.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/police-blotter">Police Blotter</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/harassment">Harassment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/wanted">Wanted</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div></div></div>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:24:51 +0000admin6343 at http://www.stormlake.comLast week she was charged with kicking a cop.http://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/11/12/last-week-she-was-charged-kicking-cop
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.stormlake.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/56878a%20Rankins%20Delores%20Marie.JPG" width="480" height="360" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">This week she reportedly gave a boot to her husband.</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A Storm Lake woman who kicked a police officer in the head on Oct. 29 allegedly got drunk and assaulted her husband Friday morning.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to a fight in the 800 block of Oneida Street on Friday at 11:33 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Multiple reports including one from an off duty Buena Vista County deputy advised that a man and woman were engaged in a dispute and that the woman was allegedly assaulting the man.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police made contact with the two people and allege the woman, later identified as Deloris Rankins, 54, of Storm Lake, failed to obey officers and resisted them. Rankins was taken to the ground and subdued.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">An investigation alleges that Rankins assaulted her husband and that she was intoxicated.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police charged Rankins with domestic assault, interference with official acts and public intoxication.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police further allege that Rankins damaged county jail property. She was additionally charged with criminal mischief. Rankins was booked into the jail and held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Rankins’ charges following her arrest on Oct. 29 are similar: assault on a peace officer causing bodily injury, assault on a peace officer, disorderly conduct and interference with official acts.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/deloris-rankin">Deloris Rankin</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/interference-offical-acts">Interference with Offical Acts</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/public-intoxication">Public Intoxication</a></div></div></div>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:50:02 +0000admin6043 at http://www.stormlake.comPolice Blotterhttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/09/26/police-blotter
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Man reportedly chokes girlfriend</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. police were dispatched to 501 Lake Ave. in reference to a domestic assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police spoke with the victim who alleged that her boyfriend choked her around 11 a.m. on Tuesday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police conducted an investigation and arrested the boyfriend, identified as Sergio Quintero-Orellano, 26, of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was charged with domestic assault strangulation, a class D felony. He was booked into the county jail and held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The woman did not require medical attention.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man charged with public intoxication</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Saturday at 3:32 a.m. an officer in the 200 block of West Seventh Street saw a man allegedly staggering down the center of the road. Police identified the person as Martell Bolden, 28, of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police determined that Bolden was intoxicated and arrested him, charging him with public intoxication. He was booked into the county jail on a $2,000 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man makes obscene gestures toward police</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police conducted a bar check at Malarky’s Night Club on Saturday at 1:50 a.m. Police allege that a nightclub patron made obscene gestures towards officers. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The man, later identified as Tyler Dodson, 27, of North Platte, Neb., was advised to leave the area and he refused.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Dodson and charged him with public intoxication. He was booked into the county jail on a $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>SL</strong><strong> man jailed </strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Sunday at 12:22 a.m. police were dispatched to the 200 block of West Sixth Street in reference to a disturbance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located Ngut Nhiam, 18, of Storm Lake, at the apartment complex at 205 West Sixth St. Police were told that Nhiam allegedly arrived at a family member’s apartment and was refused entry due to his state of intoxication. He began yelling and neighbors called 9-1-1.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Nhiam and charged him with public intoxication and disorderly conduct. He was booked into the county jail on a $600 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Juvenile charged with disorderly conduct</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Sept. 19 at 9:05 a.m. police were dispatched to Storm Lake Middle School in reference to a disorderly student.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police met with school staff, who reported that a 13-year-old boy of Storm Lake had caused a disturbance on a school bus earlier in the morning and acted in an aggressive manner towards the bus driver.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested the 13-year-old and charged him with disorderly conduct. He was processed and released to a parent pending a court date in Juvenile Court.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Juvenile charged with assault</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to 1014 Michigan St. in reference to an assault Sept. 19 at 1 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police learned that a 12-year-old boy of Storm Lake allegedly became disruptive at home and physically assaulted his mother.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Following an investigation police arrested the 12-year-old and charged him with assault. He was processed and released to a parent pending a court date in Juvenile Court.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Woman charged with theft</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police took a report at Walmart in reference to a theft that occurred on Sept. 6. Police were advised that a store patron identified as Shantavia Smith, 30, of Storm Lake, allegedly took an item off the shelf in the store and proceeded to customer service where she turned in the merchandise as a returned item in exchange for cash. Police located Smith Sunday evening at 611 East Fourth St. and arrested her. Smith was charged with theft. She was booked into the county jail on a $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man charged with domestic assault </strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Sunday at 6:56 a.m. an officer observed a man and woman arguing in the parking lot of Super 8 Motel. Police allege the man struck the woman in the face with his fist, knocking her to the ground.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The man fled on foot with the police officer pursuing him and after a foot chase the officer caught and subdued the man. The man was identified as Corvell Cooper, 32, of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Paramedics were dispatched to the scene. The woman was transported by private vehicle to Buena Vista Regional Medical Center for treatment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police charged Cooper with domestic assault (third offense), a class D felony, public intoxication and interference with official acts. He was booked into the county jail and was held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A report was filed with the Iowa Department of Human Services as a young child was present during the incident but unharmed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Buena Vista County Paramedics assisted Storm Lake Police at the scene.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Fight at night club</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police responded to a fight inside of Malarky’s Night Club on Sunday at 1:05 a.m. Police observed two men allegedly engaged in a physical altercation and police intervened. Police took Ceslestino Zomora, 20, of Storm Lake, into custody at which time he reportedly struggled with officers but was subdued. Police also arrested Joel Rodriguez, 24, of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police charged Zomora with disorderly conduct and interference with official acts. He was booked into the county jail on a $600 bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Rodriguez was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. He was booked into the county jail on a $600 bond. No injuries were reported.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man allegedly refuses to leave bar</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to La Perla Bar in reference to a person refusing to leave the bar on Saturday at 10:45 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police met with staff who said that a person identified as Enrique Tamayo-Marquez, 49, of Storm Lake, allegedly tried to crawl onto the stage and was told to leave and refused.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Tamayo-Marquez at the bar and charged him with public intoxication. He was booked into the county jail on a $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man reportedly attempts to start fight at local bar</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to La Perla Bar in reference to a report of a patron attempting to start a fight on Sunday at 12:05 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police met with staff who advised that a patron identified as Juan Figueroa-Alvarez, 44, of Storm Lake, allegedly arrived at the bar intoxicated and began arguing with other patrons.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Figueroa-Alvarez and transported him to the county jail where police allege he became combative and was subdued. Police charged Figueroa-Alvarez with disorderly conduct, interference with official acts and public intoxication. He was booked into the jail on a $900 bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">No injuries were reported.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man arrested</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Monday an officer saw a wanted person in the 400 block of Ray Street at 10:10 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested John Stephen Lullman, 57 of Storm Lake, who was wanted on warrants charging him with two counts of theft. Lullman was booked into the county jail on a $600 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Construction worker allegedly vandalizes high school bathroom</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to Storm Lake High School in reference to vandalism on Monday at 10:48 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were directed to a public restroom where a solicitation message was written on the restroom wall.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A construction worker was seen in the area of the restroom earlier and following an investigation police allege a construction worker entered the public restroom and wrote the message on the restroom wall.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police identified the worker as James Westcott, 22, of Cherokee. He was located at the high school construction site and arrested. Police charged Westcott with criminal mischief and booked him into the county jail on a $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Two children allegedly inappropriately touched</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Monday at 6 p.m. police took a report of two children being inappropriately touched by an adult. Police were advised that on Sept. 21 the children were visiting 209 Hudson St. when a resident allegedly inappropriately touched two young girls, ages 7 and 9.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police identified the suspect as Robert Condit, 44, of Storm Lake. On Monday at 7 p.m. police arrested Condit. Condit was charged with two counts of assault. He was booked into the county jail on a $600 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Firefighters respond to spill</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Firefighters responded to 6050 Highway 110 in reference to an oil spill. Firefighters determined that an engine oil seal failed on an Amerigas propane truck, causing five quarts of engine oil to spill on the road in the area of Frank Starr Park near the intersection of Highway 110 and C-63.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Firefighters applied an absorbent material to the spill and removed it from the road. There was no damage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The fire department was on scene for 30 minutes and was assisted at the scene by the Storm Lake Police Department.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Two men charged with public intoxication </strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to Mo’s Bar in reference to a disturbance Wednesday at 12 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Officers were told that an intoxicated man had allegedly been told to leave the bar. When he left, he began to act aggressively by shouting profanities and throwing a drink.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The suspect was with two other men and they were last seen walking north, according to police.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Officers located a man at Seventh and Lake and allege he was intoxicated. Police arrested the person identified as Thomas Holloway, 38, of Onawa. Holloway was charged with public intoxication and booked into the county jail on a $300 bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Officers located a second suspect at the Super 8 room 233. He was arrested and identified as Thomas Coover, 39, of Ute. Coover was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Coover was booked into the county jail on a $600 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Argument leads to arrest</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were dispatched to the report of a disturbance at 703B West Eighth St. on Tuesday at 1:35 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Upon arrival of police, officers spoke with two witnesses and Joel Rodriguez, 24, of Storm Lake. Officers learned that Rodriguez and a female had gotten into a verbal argument; Rodriguez allegedly took the woman’s keys from her vehicle and hid them. The woman fled to an adjacent trailer and beat on the door for help.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">During an investigation police further allege that Rodriguez gave false information to police.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Rodriguez was subsequently arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and interference with official acts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked into the county jail on a $600 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Assault reported at Storm</strong><strong> Lake Middle School</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police took a report at Storm Lake Middle School in reference to an assault on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were told that a 12-year-old boy of Storm Lake allegedly physically assaulted a 6-year-old student earlier in the morning on a school bus.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Following an investigation police arrested the 12-year-old and charged him with assault. He was processed and released to a parent pending a court date.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The 6-year-old victim was not injured.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The case has been forwarded to the Juvenile Court Authority.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/police-blotter">Police Blotter</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sexual-assault">Sexual Assault</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/public-intoxication">Public Intoxication</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/theft">Theft</a></div></div></div>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:51:47 +0000admin5444 at http://www.stormlake.comPolice Blotterhttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/08/06/police-blotter
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Man reportedly chokes woman, flees the scene</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>On July 30 at 9:07 p.m. police were dispatched to 1405 North Seneca St. #24 in reference to a disturbance.</p>
<p>Police met with a 20-year-old woman along with several witnesses. They told police that the woman’s boyfriend, identified as Dothoal Gatluak Jock, 25, of Storm Lake, was involved in a verbal argument which escalated into Jock allegedly physically assaulting his girlfriend in the hallway of the apartment complex. </p>
<p>Another woman attempted to intervene in the assault and Jock reportedly choked her and then fled from the scene.</p>
<p>Paramedics were dispatched to the scene but the victims declined medical attention. Police searched the area but were unable to locate Jock.</p>
<p>At 1:30 p.m. Thursday Jock surrendered himself at the police station.</p>
<p>Police charged Jock with domestic assault. He was booked into the county jail and was held without bond.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Wanted man turns himself in</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>A wanted man surrendered himself at the police station on July 30 at 3:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Police arrested Rolando Javier Garcia, 28, of Storm Lake, who was wanted out of Buena Vista County on a warrant charging him with failure to appear in court reference domestic assault.</p>
<p>Garcia was booked into the county jail on a $300 bond.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Traffic stop turns into drug bust</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>Police stopped a vehicle near the intersection of Highway and East Third streets for a traffic violation July 31 at 8 p.m.</p>
<p>Occupants of the vehicle were identified as Keomanivahn Senesoury, 35, Koangsy Xayyavong, 38, and Kaisone Navongsa, 30, all of Storm Lake. </p>
<p>Police allegedly discovered drug paraphernalia, including a pipe containing a white powder believed to be methamphetamine and marijuana in the vehicle.</p>
<p>Following an investigation police cited Senesoury with no insurance and released him.</p>
<p>Xayyavong was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, a class D felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked on a $5300 bond.</p>
<p>Navongsa was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked on a $300 bond.</p>
<p>Additional charges are expected.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Man stole identity of a wanted man</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>On Aug. 3 at 9:04 a.m. an officer stopped a vehicle near the intersection of East 13th St. and Seneca Street for a traffic violation.</p>
<p>Police were advised the subject was wanted out of Albuquerque, N.M. for drug violations. Police took the person into custody and transported him to the county jail where he was booked.</p>
<p>It was later determined that the person police arrested did not have matching tattoos to the wanted person out of New Mexico.</p>
<p>Police investigated further and allege that the person they arrested provided police with false identification. The false identification he provided was that of the wanted subject. Police identified the man as Miguel Angel Pineda, 38, of Palmer, also known as Charles Montano Jr.</p>
<p>Following the investigation, police charged Pineda with identity theft, a class D felony; tampering with records and interference with official acts. He was held in the county jail on a $7,300 bond.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Intoxicated man gets lost, calls 9-1-1</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>On Aug. 3 at 3:34 a.m. police were dispatched to a 9-1-1 call in which a person reported that he was intoxicated and lost on 12th Street.</p>
<p>On arrival police located Christopher Pineda, 25, of Storm Lake, in the 200 block of East 12th Street.</p>
<p>Police made contact with Pineda and alleged he was intoxicated, at which time police arrested Pineda. Pineda reportedly resisted officers and attempted to kick out a window on a police vehicle.</p>
<p>Pineda was charged with public intoxication and interference with official acts.</p>
<p>He was booked into the county jail on a $2,300 bond.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Alleged theft at Walmart</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>On Aug. 2 at 6:10 p.m. police were dispatched to Walmart in reference to a theft.</p>
<p>On arrival police were advised by store security that three juveniles were detained for alleged thefts in the store. Police were advised that two of the juveniles allegedly stole items on this date and a third juvenile had reportedly stolen items on July 23, based on security camera surveillance.</p>
<p>Following an investigation, police arrested all three juveniles. They were identified as a 16-year-old girl and two 17-year-old girls, all of Storm Lake. Police charged all three juveniles with theft. They were processed and released to parents or guardians pending a court date. The case has been forwarded to the Juvenile Court Authority.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Extension cord reportedly stolen at mobile home</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>Police were dispatched to 426A West Eighth St. in reference to a report of a theft on Aug. 1 at 9:15 p.m.</p>
<p>The reporting party told police that an extension cord had been plugged into the back of his mobile home to supply power to another mobile home.</p>
<p>Police made contact with the resident of the home who was using the extension cord and identified her as Daraphone Lisa Thongvanh, 30, of Storm Lake.</p>
<p>Following an investigation police arrested Thongvanh and charged her with theft.</p>
<p>She was booked into the county jail on a $300 bond.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Dispute at SL</strong><strong> restaurant</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>Police were dispatched to Godfather’s Pizza on Aug. 1 at 10:21 p.m. in reference to a disturbance.</p>
<p>The reporting party told police that a patron identified as Kim Levyette Epps, 47, of Alta, allegedly became loud and disruptive during an argument with the store’s manager.</p>
<p>Police arrested Epps and charged her with disorderly conduct. She was processed and released after posting a $300 bond.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Man charged with forgery</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>The Sac County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Shawn Patrick Freier of Lake View on July 29. Sheriff’s officials allege that Freier unlawfully took possession of a debit/credit card and made a fake deposit into an ATM machine. Freier then used the card to make a purchase.</p>
<p>Freier was charged with forgery with a credit card, identity theft and falsifying records. All three charges are aggravated misdemeanors. Freier was held in the Sac County Jail on a $6,000 cash bond.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Juvenile reportedly gives a number of alias names</strong></span></p>
<hr /><p>A police officer stopped a vehicle in the 100 block of West Sixth Street for a traffic violation. </p>
<p>Police allege the driver provided officers with a number of alias names. Police arrested the driver and identified her as a 17-year-old girl of Storm Lake.</p>
<p>She was charged with inference with official acts, violation of instruction permit and failure to have insurance. The juvenile was processed and released to a guardian. The case has been forwarded to the Juvenile Court Authority.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/police-blotter">Police Blotter</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sac-county-sheriffs-office">Sac County Sheriff&#039;s Office</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/wanted">Wanted</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/possession-marijuana">Possession of Marijuana</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/identity-theft">Identity Theft</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/public-intoxication">Public Intoxication</a></div></div></div>Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:41:41 +0000admin4869 at http://www.stormlake.comSL police seize meth in domestic disputehttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/06/18/sl%E2%80%88police-seize-meth-domestic-dispute
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A domestic disturbance was reported to police at 422 Hudson St. on Thursday night at 9:17 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police met with Nestor Turcios, 30, and Katherine Turcios, 25, both of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police learned that Nestor Turcios allegedly physically assaulted Katherine on Wednesday night in Alta.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">During the investigation police say that Katherine Turcios was in possession of methamphetamine and methamphetamine-related drug paraphernalia.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police seized the drugs and paraphernalia and arrested Turcios, charging her with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">She was booked into Buena Vista County Jail on a $1,300 bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Nestor Turcios was turned over to Buena Vista County deputies for an investigation into the alleged Wednesday evening assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police filed a report with the Iowa Department of Human Services because there are several children who live in the house.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">None of the children were at the home during the arrests.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/katherine-turcios">Katherine Turcios</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/nestor-turcios">Nestor Turcios</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/possession-methamphetamine">Possession of Methamphetamine</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div></div></div>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:50:22 +0000admin4387 at http://www.stormlake.comPolice Blotterhttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/05/28/police-blotter
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Woman goes after boyfriend with knife, he beats fast retreat</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A domestic assault was reported to police at 1019 Michigan Street on Friday afternoon at 2:20.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police met with Martellias Cage, 27, of Storm Lake who told police that he and his girlfriend, LaShaunda Miller, 33, of Storm Lake, got into an argument at the residence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The argument escalated and Miller threw a cell phone and charger at Cage, then he retreated to a bathroom. Miller then acquired a kitchen butcher knife with a 5’’ blade and forced her way in the bathroom to try and stab Cage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Miller then fled from the residence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">She was located in the 100 block of East 9th Street where she was taken into custody without incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police charged Miller with going armed with intent and domestic assault. She was booked and held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police say that after Miller’s arrest Cage changed the name of the suspect who attacked him to divert attention away from Miller and gave false information to police in order to get Miller released.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Saturday at 9:50 a.m. police also arrested Cage and charged him with interference with official acts. He was booked on $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Death threat at church</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A person was being threatened Thursday night at 7:19.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were told that while attending a church service at the Comunidad Cristiana De Storm Lake, at 206 West 5th Street, he was approached by David Almendarez, 19, of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The reporting party told police that a brief argument occurred which led Almendarez to threaten to kill the reporting party. The reporting party left the church and contacted police.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located Almendarez at his residence at 309 Michigan Street and arrested him. He was charged with harassment and booked on $1,000 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Second arrest in pot case</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A second arrest was made in connection with a search warrant that was executed at 1726 East Milwaukee Avenue #5 on May 20.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police previously reported that the seizure of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, packaging materials, scales and other materials during the search warrant led to the arrest of Ashleigh Shinn, 26, of Storm Lake.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Thursday at 2 p.m. Darrian Kelly, 23, of Storm Lake surrendered himself at the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office on warrants issued by the Storm Lake Police Department charging him with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Kelly was booked into the county jail on $1,000.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>False report on sex assault</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police have charged a woman in connection with a sexual assault being investigated in the city.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police charged Isabel Mary Garcia, 22, of Storm Lake with interference with official acts. Police say that Garcia provided police with false information regarding a boyfriend who is a suspect in a sexual assault case that happened on May 21.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Garcia is currently being held on unrelated charges in the Buena Vista County Jail.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Lost is found</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A wanted person was located at Malarky’s Night Club on Sunday morning at 12:25.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Christian Monsivais, 20, of Storm Lake, was wanted out of Buena Vista County on warrants charging him with OWI and public intoxication.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked on $2,000 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Women fight, then cruise</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police stopped a vehicle in the 1400 block of East Lakeshore Drive at 12:30 Sunday morning and were told the occupants of the vehicle were just involved in a fight at the Lighthouse Inn, room #26.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police returned the occupants of the vehicle to the motel and made contact with a woman in room #26. Two women had allegedly engaged in an argument which escalated to a physical alteration, when one woman armed herself with a knife and threatened the other woman.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Christa Verleye, 18, of Canton, Mich., and charged her with going armed with intent and assault. She was booked on $5,300 bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police also arrested Kehaulani Verleye, 25, of Hawaii. She was charged with assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police did recover the knife and no injuries were reported.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Charged with harassment</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police received a harassment report Sunday morning at 11:36 at the Dairy Queen.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police say two patrons in the business were harassing a female and calling her names, both inside the establishment and out in the parking lot. The two suspects were identified as Tiffany Thomas, 34, and Alfredo Sarco, 35, both of Early.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested both Thomas and Sarco, charging them with harassment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">In addition police learned that Thomas was wanted out of Sac County on a warrant charging her with criminal mischief. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Thomas was booked on $1,300 bond and Sarco was booked on $300 bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>No-contact violation</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A no contact order was violated Monday afternoon that led to an arrest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Alma Montes, 19, of Storm Lake, violated a no contact order by calling a protected party multiple times on Sunday, May 25.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Montes at the police station at 4:01 Monday afternoon and charged him with violation of a no contact order. She was booked on $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Look under the seat</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Jose Reyes Garcia of Storm Lake was arrested in Sac County on Saturday night at 6:00 after police stopped him for a speeding violation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The deputy could smell marijuana and after questioning Garcia, the deputy was told there were two ounces of marijuana under the passenger seat. Garcia was taken into custody without incident and charged with possession of marijuana.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked on $1,000 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Stoned and lost near Early</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Two Minnesota men were arrested Monday night at 9:30 after being stopped at Highway 20 and Ira, west of Early for a speed violation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The driver, Derrick John Blakey, 22 and Damonta Ramon Hodges, were headed from Ames to St. Paul, Minn., when they told a Sac County deputy that they had gotten lost.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">During the stop, police smelled what they believed to be marijuana and after a search, found marijuana and a smoking device. Both men were arrested and transported to the Sac County Jail where they were charged with possession of marijuana.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A drug recognition expert with the Iowa State Patrol determined that Blakey was under the influence of a controlled substance while operating a motor vehicle. A urine sample was taken and sent to a laboratory for testing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">OWI charges are pending these results.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/owi">OWI</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sac-county-sheriffs-office">Sac County Sheriff&#039;s Office</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/wanted">Wanted</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/false-information">False Information</a></div></div></div>Wed, 28 May 2014 13:29:53 +0000admin4127 at http://www.stormlake.comMan rams into house, vehicles following fightshttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/04/30/man-rams-house-vehicles-following-fights
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.stormlake.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Tribble%20%26%20Sihachak%20Damaged%20Trucks.jpg" width="480" height="320" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were called to 123 Irving St. Sunday morning at 2:15 a.m. because of a vehicle striking a house during a domestic disturbance that involved several people fighting in front of the residence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police encountered several people in and around the residence. Police were told the suspects vehicle that had struck the house, fled northbound. It was located at the intersection of East 2nd Street and Irving, where the vehicle had struck two other parked cars.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The driver, Domonick Tyree Tribble, 22, of Storm Lake, fled on foot but was apprehended by officers near the intersection of Irving and East Lakeshore Drive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police interviewed several people at the scene and say that Tribble and a woman, Malisa Sihachak, 23, of Storm Lake, had gotten into a domestic dispute in a 2009 Toyota. The vehicle was parked on 116 Irving St.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Sihachak assaulted Tribble, which prompted Tribble to strike and bite Sihachak.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Sihachak fled from the vehicle and ran to the residence at 123 Irving St., at which time the occupants of the residence let Sihachak into the house.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Tribble chased the woman and forced his way into the house at 123 Irving St., where he assaulted an occupant in the home, injuring the occupant. Another resident engaged Tribble and forced him out of the house.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Tribble reportedly ran back to his car, placed it in reverse and ran into the home at 123 Irving St., causing $1,500 in damage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He then fled north on Irving Street, hitting a side mirror on a 2013 Toyota, causing $150 in damage and then he collided into a 1984 Chevy pickup, causing $2,500 in damage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">When Tribble collided with the Chevy it caused his Toyota Corolla to roll up on its side, spin 360 degrees and then come to a rest on all four tires in an upright position. Ten thousand dollars in damage is estimated to the Toyota Corolla.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Tribble attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Sihachak had also fled on foot from the scene. At 5 a.m., while police were still processing the accident and crime scenes, Sihachak was taken into custody.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Tribble was charged with burglary, domestic assault causing bodily injury, violation of a no-contact order, operation without owners consent, public intoxication, two counts of striking an unattended vehicle, failure to leave information, reckless driving, and driving while suspended. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">OWI charges are pending chemical test results.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Tribble was booked into the county jail and was held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Sihachak was charged with domestic assault and aiding and abetting a no-contact order. She was booked into the county jail and was held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The victim of the assault when Tribble allegedly burglarized the residence did not require medical attention.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/domonick-tyree-tribble">Domonick Tyree Tribble</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/malisa-sihachak">Malisa Sihachak</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/burglary">Burglary</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault-causing-bodily-injury">Domestic Assault causing Bodily Injury</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/violation-no-contact-order-0">Violation of a No-Contact Order</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/operation-withouth-owners-consent">Operation withouth Owners Consent</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/public-intoxication">Public Intoxication</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/striking-unattended-vehicle">Striking an Unattended Vehicle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/failure-leave-information">Failure to Leave Information</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/reckless-driving">Reckless Driving</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dirving-while-suspended">Dirving while Suspended</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/owi">OWI</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div></div></div>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:54:40 +0000admin3792 at http://www.stormlake.comPolice Blotterhttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/03/28/police-blotter
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Two women jailed after fight</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police responded to 116 Cayuga St. #3 Tuesday at 1:57 p.m. because of a disturbance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located Ericka Larios, 32, and Marina Tellez, 19, both of Storm Lake, inside the apartment. An investigation shows the two women engaged in an argument, which escalated when Tellez allegedly assaulted Larios, causing an injury to Lario’s face. In addition, police learned that the two women had been court ordered not to be near each other.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Tellez and charged her with domestic assault causing injury and violation of a no contact order.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Larios was arrested and was charged with violation of a no contact order. Both women were booked into the county jail and were held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Larios did not require medical attention.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man arrested</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A wanted person was located Tuesday afternoon at 12:15 p.m. at 309 Michigan St.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Rolando Almendarez III, 20, of Storm Lake, who was wanted on a warrant out of Buena Vista County for contempt of court in reference to domestic assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked into Buena Vista County Jail and was held without bond.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Furniture theft causes arrest</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Storm Lake Police were called to Furniture and Floors for Less at 3040 Expansion Blvd. because of a theft of furniture.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were told that a former employee, Christy McDonald, 49, of Lakeside, had allegedly stolen $178 worth of furniture from the store while she was still employed there.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located the stolen furniture at a relative of McDonald’s residence in Storm Lake. The furniture was returned to the store.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police issued a warrant charging McDonald with theft.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Tuesday at 2 p.m. McDonald surrendered herself at the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department and was booked on a $300 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Brass knuckles charge</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A disturbance was reported at 111 East 10th St. #7 Tuesday night at 8 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police determined that witnesses heard yelling coming from apartment #7 and made contact with a female occupant. She and her boyfriend had been engaged in an argument and the man had left.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">While police were on scene, the man, Nicki Khamsai, 27, of Storm Lake, returned and police allege he was found to be carrying brass knuckles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Khamsai and charged him with carrying weapons. He was booked into the county jail on a $2,000 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Outstanding warrants found</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A Storm Lake Police Officer stopped a vehicle Monday afternoon at 2:17 p.m. in the 1100 block of Lake Avenue for a traffic offense.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The driver was identified as Larry Morataya, 26, of Schaller.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police say Morataya was driving while his license was barred in Iowa. Police also learned that Morataya was wanted out of Buena Vista County on a warrant charging him with contempt of court in reference to pay fines.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Morataya and charged him with driving while barred. He was booked in the county jail on the SLPD charge and the warrant. He was held without bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man located</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Storm Lake Police responded to 216 Hudson St. at 8:26 p.m. Wednesday to locate a wanted person.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Everado Manriquez-Mendoza, 19, of Storm Lake, who was wanted on a warrant out of Buena Vista County in connection with the charge of driving while revoked.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Mendoza was booked into the Buena Vista County Jail and was held without bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man jailed</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A wanted person was located at 211 Superior St. Wednesday night at 8:32 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Greg Paulsen, 55, of Storm Lake, who was wanted on a warrant out of Buena Vista County charging him with failure to appear in court in reference to harassment, false imprisonment and assault causing bodily injury.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Paulsen was booked into the county jail on a $2,306.73 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man arrested at night club</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police observed a wanted person exiting Malarky’s Night Club Thursday at 1 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Darrian Kelly, 23, of Emmetsburg, who was wanted out of Buena Vista County on a warrant charging him with failure to appear in court, reference to domestic assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Kelly was also found to be wanted out of Clay County on the charge of failure to appear in court in reference to possession of a controlled substance and child endangerment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked into Buena Vista County Jail on a $5,300 bond.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/police-blotter">Police Blotter</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/christy-mcdonald">Christy McDonald</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/theft">Theft</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/wanted">Wanted</a></div></div></div>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:03:51 +0000admin3369 at http://www.stormlake.comBrother-on-brother draws copshttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2014/01/09/brother-brother-draws-cops
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.stormlake.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Quintero%20Sergio.jpg" width="480" height="320" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Quintero hit with assault, meth raps</span></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A Storm Lake man accused of beating his brother bloody became the 19th person to be swept up on drug charges as part of the police department’s “Winter Wrap-Up.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were called to 117 East Railroad St. #3 at 4:05 p.m. Wednesday because of a disturbance in progress.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Officers were told that a person in the apartment was attempting to hurt another individual. Police found a man on the sidewalk in front of the apartment complex bleeding from his face.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Witnesses say that Sergio Quintero, 25, of Storm Lake had allegedly physically assaulted his brother, threatened to kill him and damaged property in the apartment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police entered the apartment and took Quintero into custody without further incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The adult victim declined medical attention.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">After an investigation police charged Quintero with harassment, domestic assault causing injury and criminal mischief.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Quintero was also wanted on an outstanding warrant issued by the Storm Lake Police Department in connection with “Operation Winter Wrap-Up,” charging him with possession of methamphetamine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Quintero is the 19th arrest connected to “Operation Winter Wrap-Up,” which was an enforcement operation culminating several investigations into the manufacturing, sales and possession of a variety of illegal drugs including methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana and prescription pills.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Additional suspects are still being sought.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sergio-quintero">Sergio Quintero</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/criminal-mischief">Criminal Mischief</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/wanted">Wanted</a></div></div></div>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:36:58 +0000admin2421 at http://www.stormlake.comPolice Blotterhttp://www.stormlake.com/articles/2013/12/13/police-blotter
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Storm Lake</strong><strong> man charged with domestic assault</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Tuesday at 1:56 p.m. the Storm Lake Police Department was called to 1405 North Lake Ave. #20 because of a reported domestic assault.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Officers were told that a female was assaulted by her boyfriend and that he had fled from the apartment complex.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Officers saw the suspect, Todd Sutton, 22, of Storm Lake, walking in the 1300 block of Seneca Street and took him into custody without incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were told by the victim that she and Sutton had gotten into an argument in apartment #20.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The victim told police that Sutton assaulted her by grabbing her by the face and shoving her onto a bed at which time he placed his hand over her nose and mouth, cutting off her ability to breathe.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Furthermore, he stopped her from calling 911.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The victim fought free and fled from the apartment at which time she called 911.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police say that when Sutton fled from the apartment, he damaged the victim’s vehicle in the parking lot of the apartment complex.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police charged Sutton with domestic assault/impeding airway, obstruction of emergency communication and criminal mischief.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked and held without bond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The victim declined medical attention.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Fake ID</strong><strong> leads to arrest</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Thursday morning police officers on location at Malarky’s Night Club conducted a bar check at 1:27 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police made contact with Justin Hudson, 19, of Storm Lake who provided them with a false identification card.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrested Hudson and charged him with interference with official acts and public intoxication. He was booked on a $600 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Theft at Walmart</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">At 5:06 p.m. Monday police took a report of a theft at Walmart.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were told that a woman had left her cell phone, valued at $700, in a restroom at the store and after returning to the restroom to retrieve the cell phone it was gone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police reviewed the security footage of the area near the restroom and observed a male subject leaving the restroom with the cell phone in his hand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Security footage showed the man entering a white SUV and departing from the parking lot.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Wednesday at 7 p.m. an officer on patrol observed a vehicle matching the suspect vehicle description parked on 134 Highway St.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police made contact with the driver, You Hang Lee, 23, of Storm Lake and questioned Lee.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police say Lee had the stolen cell phone in his possession which was retrieved by police.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police charged Lee with theft and he was booked on a $2,000 bond.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Another theft at Walmart</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Dec. 5 at 6:23 p.m. the Storm Lake Police were called to Walmart located at 1831 Lake Ave. because of a theft. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrived and were directed to a suspect in the parking lot who allegedly stole merchandise from the store. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police made contact with Cody Carlson, 21, of Cherokee. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">After an investigation police arrested Carlson and charged him with theft and he was booked into the Buena Vista County Jail on $300 bond. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A second person with Carlson, Elizabeth Woltman, 18, of Cherokee, was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">She was cited and released pending a court date.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Wanted man jailed</strong> </span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. police were called to 304 Superior St. to locate a wanted person. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located and arrested Kaylor Phillip, 23, of Storm Lake, who was wanted on a warrant charging him with failure to appear in court because of an OWI and driving while suspended. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Phillip was booked into Buena Vista County Jail on a $1,000 bond. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Teen steals from Walmart</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Storm Lake Police were called to Walmart on North Lake Avenue at 6:45 p.m. Dec. 6 because of a theft. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police were told by store staff that a 17-year-old from Alta allegedly stole approximately $29 in merchandise. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Store security reported that when confronted the juvenile returned the items. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police located the juvenile in the store parking lot and arrested him. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was charged with theft and he was processed and released to a parent pending a court date. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The case has been forwarded to the Juvenile Court Authority. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Argument leads to three arrests</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On Dec. 6 at 10:25 p.m. Storm Lake Police were called to the King's Pointe parking lot at 1520 East Lakeshore Dr. after a report of a fight. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police arrived and encountered three men who had been in a fight. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Police identified the men as Jose Rosales-Ayala, 28, Anibal Rivera Martinez, 25, and Jinny Melgar Lara, 30, all of Storm Lake. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">All three men were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Each man was booked on a $600 bond. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">No injuries were reported.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man charged with drug paraphernalia</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Alex Ordonez, 18, of Storm Lake, was arrested on Saturday night after police found him in possession of drug paraphernalia during a consent search at 205 W. Sixth St. at 9:30 p.m. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Ordonez was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and was booked into the county jail on a $300 bond. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>Man arrested after police find marijuana</strong></span></span></p>
<hr /><p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A Storm Lake man was charged with possession of marijuana Sunday after police were called to 516 Seneca St. at 2:06 a.m. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">On arrival police heard arguing inside the residence. Police separated the occupants to ascertain the nature of the argument. Officers encountered a small amount of marijuana inside the house during the investigation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Roderick Lewis, 32, of Storm Lake was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">He was booked into the county jail on a $1,000 bond. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Other drug paraphernalia was seized from the residence. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">The investigation is continuing.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/police-blotter">Police Blotter</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/storm-lake-police-department">Storm Lake Police Department</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/theft">Theft</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/domestic-assault">Domestic Assault</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/wanted">Wanted</a></div></div></div>Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:31:22 +0000admin2131 at http://www.stormlake.com